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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

CoudtnseS Coffee, at jacobs.
Job in &C inch Linen Crash at loc yard AT
ric,nre Frames are cheap at Clapp Joncs'.-le
sh,oo new rieces Black Silk Rhadame ct very
attractive plice opened this week at HAwLEf .
puv + +, Batcheder s. Cos Pure Candies, 500 q
hv iii reliable dealers In Southern VcrmoM. zo"i<
Tho ,ip Ia, of small checked Brown and Grey
n,;,oa D1pss Goods, which Hawley Is cutting up at
sor ard are the quickest sci ing spring faorics
which have been broug At out this season. tt
.Iacohs Tea and Coffee takes tho lead. Come
and oct sample. No trouble TO show my goods.
j acobs' Bratlebofo Tea Store, up Amei'~n
4Iousc, In Judges BLOCK.
Picture Frames In great variety at Wiidcr,s,
rear REYoRMER Office. Open ovoninss from 'oo
rW Euech s. Co have just received 100 cozen
Gents Heavy Seamless Stockings al LOG per PAT, .
they are the regular Csc grade. Gooc 9usiny
J,ades' and Chd's Hose at l0c per pair. Ladies,
Int editor button Kid loves at SOC per pair, all
new sprjng shade.. &c White GOODS Tor aprons
and dresses Sc Lace, from TO incnes vice.
CARPETS. Carpets, from zoe per yard aud npwafds.
A good ingram for SIC. good iapesuS -, ooo
s,ay yayd Sttaw Mattings from 1Sc 10 25c. Rem-
nans cheap.
A Help for All
Common ailmen,s-Ner voutness, Sleeplessnese,
,o,h already too prevalent among the American
,eon,e. Standard Nerve Food, the remedy long
touph for aud at last discovered, helps all who try
H. and has proven comp etc cure for many. For
sale by GEO ~ DaluHs y ~, D!ussiel' W.
13tf DIu'tieooio' We
NIGHT Gowns, Skirts, Chemige, Drawers, Corset
Covers, Chi dren's Dresses. lots choice at soc,
75c and $500, while they last. Long expected,
inst arrived this F.iday morning, at Hawley's.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
FIVE MINUTES.
WITH THE NEWS OF THE OUNrY AND
VICINITY.

Thomas Monk, railroad workman, bad
three ribs broken by the fall of n stick OF tim.
Der at T0wnshend one day this week..
IL Warner OF SaxtOus River has fought
out the publishing house at Athens, with type,
presses, etc, and has commenced publishing
business.
Mrs Maria Cotton Of Clarsmont. who died on
Monday, left by will $1,000 to the Trinity Epis.
copal church OF Clarcmont, and $1,000 to the
Protestant Episcopal church OF Delavan. Wis.
Rowe Morse, aged about 80, a farmer living
on Rocky Hills, two miles from Westminster,
became tired OF life, and hanged himself Sun.
day night. Hc was found In his room, hang
ing to bcdpost. He has lost a good many
sheep lately by dogs, and this and family
trouble is supposed to be the cause.
fire alarm was sounded at Bellows Falls
about IL 20 Saturday, for fire In the Vermont
Valley Car house. For a time a number OF
buildings, including the freight depot, wero in
danger, but the iremen finally confined 1t to
the car house, which, together with one passen.
ger car, was destroyed. Tho cause Is yet I'M
known.
Claiemont had fire shortly after midnight
Saturday morning. Browns block, largely
occupied by business firms, was burned. In Il
were the post office, telegraph office, central
telephone exchange, express office, and numer-
lodges. The loss will reach $4,000, with an
of S2S,000. In the post office a
small amour, OF local mail matter, thousands
Of postai cards and much Of the postcffice fur
nituro were destroyed.
Mrs Lucinda Hadley, Chester's estct med
p ost mistress for the past sig or eight years,
died suddenly Monday night of pneumonia,
after being sick for three days. She was a
woman oil. rare attainments and leading men,
Der OF St Luke's church. The funeral occurred
from her la.e home. Mrs Hadley
vas the aunt of Postmaster Guild OF Bellows
Falls, and mother OF Frank and Walter Had
LEY, also mother Of Preston Hadley, cashier
Vt the Bellows Falls National bank.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
or News from the Yves, village
BrattlebOro's Free Postal Delivery.

S Z Clark al Boston, inspector for the post
Office department arrived In Bratlleboro Mon
day night, for the purpose OF determining
whether the town had the necessary quaiihca-
lions and requirements for the establishment
OF the free delivery service. He conferred with
several of the leading citizens, all Of whom ex-
pressed the belief taat the town wanted the
system. Tuesday Mr. Clark rode about tie
town, and was very much pleased with its
lay cut and attractions. He left Wednesday
morning, expressing the conviction that the
town was fairly entitled TO free delivery ser.
vice, and there is no doubt that his report viii
be in accordance with such expression. While
nothing definite Is known as TO his report, II is
inferred from conversation with Mr. Clark that
be would report to the department that the
service ought TO he established here July LIST,
beginning with the new fiscal year. How many
carriers be will recommend TO be appointed is
Of course unknown, though /: Is thought at
least two or three, who will be selected by the
department at Washington, which will also
have the matter Of fixing the salaries and the
provision of additional boxes. Mr. Clark spoke
OF one mounted letter carrier. Some 600 names
we're on the petition that asked for the estab-
lishment of this system. Inspector Clark said
that Brstileboro, in bis opinion. had the best
postoffice 10 New England; and be commended
The accuracy Of the business o. the oince 90
shown BY the records.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
ROslon Produce.

BOSTON, Maren ~, 1904:
BuTTER.-The market is stronger than Isst
week but still dull. Extra Northern creamery
sold at % to 23c, extra western creamery at "a
to SOC, extra Vermont at &c, choice Northern
dairy at l6 to PC per pound.
CHEEsE.-The market has been inactive but
firm. Extra Vermont sells at IL ls2c, good to
choice at l2 to l3c, common at 8 to lie and ex-
ira sage at lac per ID.
EaGs.-The demand is moderate and prices
slightly higher. Extra Vermont and New
York sell at II l-2 to l5c, and choice Western
at lac per dozen.
BEANs.-Prices are unclaimed. Choice hand
picked Pea sell az sl.10 to Sl.lJ, Yellow eyes
at $3.50 to Sl.55, and Red Kidneys at Sl10 TO
81 Is per bushel.
PorAroEs.-The market has beel in moder-
a,ely good condition. Early Rose sell at - to
csc. Beauty of Hebron at 81 to Csc, Proiifics at
IS to 5Sc, and Burbank Seedlings at % to DOC
per bushel.
Hay AND SrRAw.-The receipts have been
large and demand moderate. Choice prime
hay sells at Sl7.00 10 $500, fair to gooo at
Sl5 90 to sic 90, and poor at $1,000 to $500.
Rye straw sells at Sl4 90 to $1,000, and GA. at
IS to 50 per ton.
GRAry.- Trade is generally quiet. Corn sells
at 80 to SIC and oats at 81 to i2c per bushel. &C
cording to quality. Winter wheat bran, $40
to $1,000; spring wheat bran, Sl1.25 TO SlI 90;
middliugs, Sl7.95 ID $1,000; cotton-seed meal,
S24 80 per ton.
wooL.-The market is quiet with down.
ward tendency, and sales have been moderate.
Ohio Xxx sells at IS to 35:; Ohio Y, 80 to 33c;
Michi. an No l, 81 to $50; Maine supers. i3 to
45c: extra Western supers, % to 35c; Califor
mia spring, % TO &c per pound.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
No Moro Passes,


We strongly suspect that good many of our
beloved editorial brethren wou dn't have struck
such mantul blows with scissors and paste
pof) in behalf of the interstate commerce bill
had they foreseen the melancholy outcome of
that baleful measure. At laat weeks meeting
OF the New England railroad managers it was
decided that the bill prohibits the issuance of
any free passes except to the officers and en-
ployees Of railroad companies.
This Is the fatal blow that has fallen just Al the
clio Sc OF one of the longest and hardest winters
on record. To be sure, there are q few edtJrr
that arc pretty generally recogn z ID rs railroad
employees and who will, therefore, retain their
passes, but there are Q still larger number
whose relations with the corporations are not
quite SO clos and who will therefore como TO
grief. II is very melancholy. And we don't
see any prospect OF relief until the next session
of congress, when one Of our congressman, II
he wishes to secure the hearty and unqualified
support of the state press, will introduce an
amendment to the Interstate bill, providing
that none of its provisions shall apply to the
editorial fraternity.
In the meantime we trust that our esteemed
contemporaries will worry along as best they
may, deprived Of the power to Cultivate their
minds BY travel, gratis.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01

but they need net tell 80 many awful lies about
our climate, soil, cyclones and so forth. We
are quite willing they should scare their peo-
pie down there IL they want to, but " stray
copy of theirs should happen to get to Norway,
or Swe'en. or Denmark, or Germany, or Rus
sia, or Africa, where our best emigration comes
rom, 1t might hurt our feelings and prospects"
Edward Bell young man about q or 26
years OF age, well known In BrattlebOro, and
who has liv' d in Wilmington for the past FIVE
or six years, where be has wife and child,
committed suicide In J,nks & Rices hotel at
Hoosac Tunnel. Mass, this afternoon, by shoot.
ing himself. He was a nephew of Mrs Volney
Forbes OF Wilmington, and a cousin Of Lawyer
nj Forbes OF Winchester. The young man
has been addicted to excessive drink and while
in that condition has been frequently consid-
cred insane. He owned considerable property
in Wilmington and held some town offices
besides being prominent in Masonic circles.
lie was young man OF unusual ability, and
when himself was an excellent citizen. He was
one OF the town officers of Wilmington.
A dispatch just received says: "Mr Bell is
shot through the temple. He breathes, but
cannot live long"
A NJ Ingham, late secretary of the YMC
A, goes to Charlotte, N C., about April l, 70
take similar position in the NJ c A o, that
city. At a special meeting of the tx cutive
committee Wednesday night these resolutions
we're passed
RESOLVED That in the acceptance of the res
EQUATION OF our general secretary, A Ingham,
pleasant and mutually he pfu', and we feel loss
which will not easily be made good.
REsoLvED.-That the best wishes and prayers
Of this as ISOLATION 60 with him who hae 80 faith
fully served us rs O general secretary for the
past four years, to his field Of labor, and may
the riches VI a Saviour love b. ever his.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
WAKE UP, WINDHAM!
ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES IN THE
STATE PUSHING AHEAD, WHILE
WlNDHAM ssAHS IN THE
REAR.

Vermont as a Horse Breeding State-Whai
She Has Done in the Past and What She
Can do In the Future She First Horse
Napoleon III Imported Into France
was FrOm Vermont - Ha1tfaxs Fine
Showing OF Colts.
Years before the war Vermont in the list OF
horse breeding states, stood at the head, not
even excepting Kentucky. Her Allans, Black
Hawks aud blorgars were known not only
throughout this country but abroad. The first
horse imported into France by one OF the Ma
poleons was brought to him from the Green
Mountain state, through his accredited agent
here. Vermont has done nobly In the past, and
she has great possibilities before her.
In the past horse breeding was source of
revenue to the farmers they were repaid over
and over again for their purchases OF fine stock
horses and mares. The war came on 'and they
lowered the standard to meet the demand TOR
the cavalry horses at low price.
Now shall Vermont place herself again in the
front? She has every condition favorable to
that end 1.-The best OF pasturage, best Of water,
undulating billy ground, which gives action to
all the muscles and fully develops not only a
part, but the whole. The grass land is even
better than the famed blue grass of Kentucky,
because covered with snow in winter.
In order TO have good colts you must have
good blood, both in sire and mare. More care
should he taken with the mare than with the
horse; but it is seldom so with our farmers. 1t
is the verdict Of all breeders that more colts
pattern after the mother than the horse, fact
generally overlooked. Farmers cannot expect
perfect colts from broken winded, spawned,
ng-boned mares. NJ, .e or less of the ailments
will appear again. g.5 - 4AsG
Windham county is far behind other coun.
ties in the state. Addison county receives more
money to day from her horses than from her
sheep. Rutland county IL also pushing.
Horse breeding can be carried on extensively
and successfully; and it would paw too. A
good road horse sells from 5000 to 800, and a
matched pair from $500 to $1,000, with occa-
sionslly colt or horse which brings large
price. The farmers of Add son county say that
II costs no more and perhaps less to raise a
thiee year-old colt than a steer OF the same
age: Il colt brings $3.50; a steer $50. 1t is esti-
mated that in 1856 $50, 600 worth OF horses were
brought in and kept in Windham county in ex-
cess of what was sold and went cut. No sec.
tion of any state can live 1.-THE above is true.
Let every farmer keep oyle or moro mares, and
and have colt by the side OF every mare.
farmer who can raise three-vear old colt may
pay tho mortgage On his farm; 1t he hasn't any
mortgage to pay he can build up bank &C
count. There are plenty Of good horses in
Windham county. Halifax at her town fair
last year, had the finest exhibition of horses OF
an town in the county. ~
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
Renewed


strength and vigor follow the use Of
Ayers Sarsaparilla. Mrs. Ann II. Farms
worth, u lady 70 years old, So. Woodstock,
VT, writes: "Aftcr suffering for weeks
with prostration, procured bottle Of
Ayers Sarsaparilla, and before had
taken half Of II my usual health returned"
Thos. NJ. Mccarthy, 90 Winter St., Lowell,
Mass, writes: 81 have been troubled, for
years, with nervousness, and pains about
my heart, especially in the morning.
also suffered greatly from debility. Ihavc
been cured by Ayers Sarsaparilla, and
am now able to do very hard work."
Henry II. Davis, Nashua, N. H., writes:
" have found relief from that feeling of
prevalent during the spring,
by taking Ayers Sar.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
The Fight

against that feeling of Incidence and dc.
biity, common to every one In the
spring and summer months, Is Of no avail
without tho aid of Ayers Sarsaparilla.
by Its use, impurities are expelled from
the blood, and new life Is infused into the
veins. 1t stimulates and strengthens all
the digestive and assimilative organs.
c. A. Wheeler, Hotel Clifford, Boston,
Mass, says: "a few bottles of Ayers
Sarsaparllla, taken in the spring, make me
feel well and strong the whole year."
c. J. Bodcmer, 145 Columbia st., Cam
bridgeport, Mass, says: ~ have gone
through terrible suffering from dyspepsia;
but l have cured myself, and saved
great deal Of money in Doctors bills, by
the use Of
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
Beginning to Realize.

The Industry OF shipping colonies Of Yer.
monters to the west, which has been booming
with more or less velocity for some time past,
has recently slackened up to large extent.
The various "gardens OF the world" In the
great west do not seem to DO as attractive as
formerly, and many sensible people arc begin
ming to realiz, that farming pays comparative
ly we'll in Vermont.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
WatcrtoHyn Live stock.
WATERFOWL, MASS, FOR THE WEEK ENDIN
-fF March 30, 1887,

WATERTUWN, NA5S., FUH TIE WEhh ENUINo
~ March 49, 1887.
CArTLE.-The receipts were l400head. The
market was fair, common Northern selling at
from to &c, and fancy at to Lac per III.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.--The receipts werell0 232
head. The demand was steady, sheep ranging
from 3 to l-2c per ID, and lambs from Ia
to 3 4c per ID.
SwIrE-The receipts were 1920 head. The
demand was fair, northern dressed selling at
to &c and western live at LAC per ID.
PouLTRY.-The supply was light, with sales
at s to l0c per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETc.-Hides sold at Z IL
to Sc per ID, calf skins at to l0c per 10, pelts
at 75c to 81 LILO each, dairy skins at 25 to Soc
each, Brighton Tallow at IL to &c and coun-
try tallow at l-2 to &c per Id.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
THE MARKETS.

AT MoNTPELIEn.-The demand for butter Is
better but prices low, nice fresh selling for is to
22c per ID; cheese, lac per 10; eggs, lac per
doz n; potatoes. Acc per bushel; beef, to &c
per 10; pork. &c per 10; lamb, ! &c per ID;
mutton, IL 10 &c per Id; turkeys, 10 to l2c;
geese, TO l0c; ducks, 10 to l2e; chickens, ii
to IL Lee per ID.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
Facts v Professions.
IFom the Richford Gazette.

IFrom The Richford Uazette
The internal revenue records SHOW that the
number OF liquor dealers in Vermont who paw
q United States tax increased from 49f in 1888
to 573 IN 1856. This increase OF 20 per cent in
one year is pretty big one for q state thst pro-
fesses to be making prohibition more stringent
every day.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
How to Advertise.
IForney's Press.I

We have for many years studied the art of
advertising, and still it remains to US marvel
that there is not 100 times more Oft. We never
yet knew man to advertise his wares literally
and steadily that it did not pay. Yet there arc
thousands OF manufacturers and tens Of thous-
ands OF men having articles that they declared
ought to be ''in every household in the country"
who advertise as gingerly and closely as though
they had no faith in it at all. How can thew
expect to get their goods everywhere unless
some knowledge Of the articles gets INFO the
family fire through the family papers : If we
wait till people learned from their neighbors
we might wait for years before the more wond-
erfuiy and useful inventions became known.
KncaaIngs.
DR. e L Andrews. student with DIS Holt)n
and Conland here few years ago, died last
week at..New York, after q few days illness
with dptheria.-C Richardson, Princeton Ill,
brother OF w F Richardson, is in town TO SEQ
old frends.-Mrs II Sherman Is visiting her
son at Amherst, Mass Henry Jones, travel
ing agent for sorae Boston jewelry house, was
attacked with paralecic shock, Mt the Brooks
House last night. He was put on the train This
morning and started for bis homo in Nashua,
N II Mrs Green and daughter OF Snelburne
Fails, Macs, are visiting Mrs Farley Starr this
wsek.--rte Mis- es LII ard Lue New ton are
visiting in Westminster for few days.-Mr
and Mrs Geo Mann and daughter are visiting
friends in Orange, Mass, and will spend few
days in Boston before returning home.-Mss
Hattie Thompson is studing music in Brattle-
boro and stopping with her auut, Mrs C W Stew
art.-Jobn Stevens has been detained at En-
pire, Oak, since his departure from Brattlebofo
by the ice gorges which prevent his passing
the Bellefauche. That is the place where the
old postmaster vas feeding his COW bread,
because he had got out Of corn-J E Coleman
has just bought of Chicago party asnow-white
English bull terrier ten months old,
which has taken twenty three priz,s.-
Mrs Alfred Simond3 has begun work
on her house the past week. She coutem plates
raising the ell and putting on two moro sleep
ing rooms, besides other repairs, as soon as the
snow has gone sufficiently Mrs Hibbard
Holden of st Adams ana Mrs Dwight
Smith OF Greenfield, Mass, have return
ed to their homes after attending the fun
era of their father, A p Hall.-Mr Spauld-
ing, the asy lum blacksmith, was called TO Lud-
low this week by sickness in bis family
Miss Z ata Stewart is drilling the young la
dies OF Emmanuel church. Bellows Falls for
a Dairy Maids festival.-Frank THrner of
the Amherst coll &c nine Is in town this
week-Charles Porter has emigrated to
Northampton, taking the Sunday night
freight. There are creditors who would be
pleased to see him.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
CREAMERY ASSOCIATION FORMED
At n Well Attended Meeting At West Brat
lieborO, S Aturday Afternoon.

tieborO, S saturday Afternoon.
A meeting of the farm ers and other interest
ed parties met at Engine hall, West Brattleooro,
Saturday afternoon. to talk over the formation
of creamery association in the town. Some
fifty people we're present. Jshn Cutting was
chosen moderator, and II F Weatherhead secre-
tary. Remarks were made by Ward,
Sargent, Col Gso W Hooker, d Perry. John
S Cutting, Henry Akely, ID Pratt David
Perry and others. These articles OF association
were drawn, and twenty-five names affixed:
We hereby associate ourselves together for the
purpose of manufacturing and dealing IN milk
products In Bratt ebOro, and be known as the Brat
tleboro Gre amery Association, with capital stock
of $4,000, divided in.o $500 shares of $40 each.
A committee was appointed to draw up
constitution aud bylaws, and consisted of H
Weatherhcad, ID T Perry, 2 Sargent,
W ard, Alonz, Doolittle.
Other News from the West village
Mrs Jane Perkins Is sick with measles at
Alfred Sargean,'s.-Homer, son of Chas Higley
has just recovered from same disease.-Mr and
Mrs Fred Spauldng arc to occupy a tenement
10 Augusta Fox's house, A Barney has
purchased Asa Goodnough's farm.-Rev Mr.
Spaulding Is on the sick Iist; his place in the
pulpit Sunday was occupied by Rev Mr. Parry
of the east village.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

Trains leave bratteporo,
MOVING SOUTH.
For Millcr's Falls and Boston at 10 m ana $40
a. oo <.on,
for Springfield and New York ut 5.2o (excep'
unnJoysI and ia n m and 8 rs and 500 M.
For New London and Stations on NJ IL N W. ~
u 10 m and Is m. ,,., = os
For New York via New London Steamboat $40
MOVING NORTH.
For White River Junction, Rutland, wells ANc c,,
Newport, Burlington, st Adams, ogdensoufs' nun
,real, and West, 1880 m. ,.. Hawaiian
For Bellows Falls and and White River Junction
and Rutland, 800 m. .y. g, Altman.
For y hite River Junction, Burlington, .. Aio"n7
Montreal, Ogdensburg, and West lo.lo p H.
Express for Montreal at 800 q m.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01

Mr. Wilder Harris died Wednesday after.
noon. Ii he had lived until May IL be would
have been 80 years OF age. His death was
caused by the stoppage Of the circulation in his
right foot and .eg, causing dry gangrene. He
was buried to-day from the Methodist church,
With which he has so long been identified, Rev
Mr. McAnn officiating, and the remains were
taken TO Chesterfield for interment. Wilder
Harris was bern in Chesterfield, was the son OF
John Harris, and was long prominent and re-
spected citizen OF that town. In his earlier
years he was carpenter. He afterwsrd en-
gagged in practical farming, living on the farm
on which Ezekiel Powers settled when be 10
Gated In Chester field, and part Of which, in
Guiding the large white house, is now owned
and occupied by Mrs Lois Farr, wiuow Of the
ested Tor some time in the manufacture OF lum-
Der and shingles, in two mills erected for that
purpose on Lily Pond br ,ok, near where
it empties into the C,tsbane. In 1865
he removed TO Braitleboro. He married his
first wife in 1917, uarrie', daughter Of John
Davis. and who died Nov ooh. 1851. His Sec
ond wife was Widow Nancy J Wood of Sax
tons River, who died Dec, 1859 His third
wife WAS Widow Mary Walker OF Spring.
fed, VT, who survives him. Mr. Harris leaves
three sons, ID Harris Of Brattleboro Cords
OF Keene, III, and George Of New York, all
OF whom arc well known contractors.
The executors OF Geo J Brooks's
estate have paid over $4,000 endowment,
generously devoted by the heirs the free Lib
rary trustees.
Gambling apparatus that cost about $4,000
was broken up and burned by the New York
police last week.